Invest for Impact Nepal
Bibek Shrestha is the Country Representative at Nathan Associates, supporting DFIs in Nepal to accelerate investments. As the Chief Executive Officer at Invest for Impact Nepal, Shrestha facilitates coordination between DFIs. With a background in market development, Shrestha has experience managing technical assistance platforms for DFIs and DPs. In previous roles, Shrestha has led projects promoting women entrepreneurship and value chain development in the energy, agriculture, and renewable energy sectors.
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Invest for Impact Nepal
Invest for Impact Nepal (IIN) is a ground-breaking collaboration between Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) and Development Partners to unlock and accelerate transformative foreign investments to speed up growth, create jobs, and assist in the development of an equitable and sustainable economy in Nepal. IIN aims to achieve this by enabling Financial Institutions (FIs) and Private Equity and Venture Capital (PEVC) funds access resources and expertise from DFIs and impact investors for investment into Nepali businesses and develop the emerging investment ecosystem. It has been recognised by the Oxford Fragility Forum, the leading forum that brings together DFIs for an action-oriented discussion on how to improve investment in fragile and conflict-affected environments, as one of the most successful global examples of collaboration. IIN is established by British International Investment (BII), the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (FMO), and the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC) to complement existing efforts to attract DFI investment to support private sector growth. The IIN initiative commenced in February 2021 to research and understand the investment market and ecosystem constraints. Since August 2022, it translated these findings into implementation. This phase of the programme will run until July 2025.